Well attestedNamed from the place
bunkum
noun · first attested 19th century
Nonsense is named after a North Carolina county.
Empty talk meant to impress rather than inform.
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Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
Buncombe County
- In English
bunkum
A congressman from Buncombe County is said to have given a long speech aimed only at his constituents. The county's name became the word for the genre.
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